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132385 Salyut 1W Space Camera %u20ac24.000c.1967, condition B/A %u20ac 50.000 %u2013 60.000Salyut 1W was one of the first Soviet space cameras. It was designed for Soyuz 4 space mission launched on 14 January 1969. It was the first mission to carry out manual rendezvous and docking with Soyuz-5. There was no internal connecting corridor between the two craft, so the crew had to stepinto space using handrails on the craft in order to carry outthe transition. The commander of the mission was Vladimir Shatalov (1927-2021), who flew the Soyuz 4 by himself and after a successful docking brought the crew of Soyuz 5%u2014cosmonauts Aleksei Yeliseyev and Yevgeny Khrunov%u2014safely back to Earth. For his part in this feat, he was made a Hero of the Soviet Union and awarded The Order of Lenin. The crew used a Salyut 1W camera to document the mission. The camera featured a special grip and viewfinder, as well as enlarged controls, enabling the operation of the camera in large spacesuit gloves. The offered example is in excellent, original condition and includes a modified Industar-29 2.8/80 mm no. 6700294, a special viewfinder, two film magazines and a matching grip. A similar camera is on permanent display in Yuri Gagarin Museum. It is one of the rarest Soviet cameras and an interesting piece from the history of space exploration.